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LIMBO is a fantastic game from Playdead, a bit of a cult game really.....beautiful design and very simple functionality, but a completely satisfying experience. If the young Tim Burton had teamed up with Lynch to make a game....

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6vRXBOzGzU[/video]

Part of what makes the game so atmospheric and engrossing is the fantastic score by Martin Stig Anderson. I really recommend grabbing the digital version, but gawd I'd LOVE to see someone put out a deluxe 10" of this:

https://limbogame.bandcamp.com/

You can also pickup really cheaply the collector's CDROM of the game, for mac and PC, which comes with art cards, the score on CD and a 3D anaglyph version of the game! Trust me...it's the best £6 you can spend :)

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- Fri May 08, 2015 6:00 pm#64518
agree with @discosucks on LIMBO. Such a visually amazing and melancholic game. I loved everything about this.

If you are not familiar with Jim Guthrie, I highly recommend his soundtrack for the game "Sword & Sworcery". Really cool atmospheric synth/flute electronic. He also did the soundtrack to the documentary "Indie Game" which I also recommend...

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- Fri May 15, 2015 7:58 pm#65214
We're putting out the MOTHER (AKA Earthbound Zero) arranged OST later this year. The D side is a medley of music from the Famicom game and it's looking and sounding excellent thus far.

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- Fri May 15, 2015 8:14 pm#65219
That's damn good news @shiptoshore - I'm glad that video game scores are getting more attention (it's the nostalgia that gets me). You'll definitely be getting my business on that end (and every other end, it seems).

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- Sat May 16, 2015 8:07 am#65272
Fantastic topic - made me create a user here in order to pass on a little of what I know about video game music on vinyl. EDIT: You can click all titles for info and shop links, didn't realize that links are the same color as text.

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- Sat May 16, 2015 11:55 am#65283
I know of some secret people working on retro video game titles, which could lead to something completely unbelievable. I think one of the top answers should really be....

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- Sat May 16, 2015 1:55 pm#65296
Here is a sample of some of my older video game vinyls. These are from the G.M.O. Label and are not easy to come by unless you live in Japan I suppose. They are absolutely fantastic, especially the Sega titles. OUTRUN is an absolute classic!

G.M.O. put out a ton of video game music vinyl out in the 80's. Tracking them down (at a decent price) is the challenging part ;-)

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- Sat May 16, 2015 4:23 pm#65315
@Dollarhyde - sorry, I'm new here so I didn't realize that links have the same color as the text. You can click the Minecraft title in my previous post to be taken to a shop where you can buy it.

I heard about it through that shop's newsletter - and I've bought from them several times before so I have no doubt that it's legit. It's a Dutch store though, so if you're in the US it might be better to wait for it to appear on Ghostly International's own store.

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- Thu May 21, 2015 2:15 pm#66060
Those unofficial releases are so infuriating to me, especially the NES "Greatest Hits" one. We at Ship to Shore worked so hard to get an official release for the MOTHER soundtrack in the US and Sean Daigle (aka Moonshake Records) just comes along and puts it out with this hacky, uninspired cover.

Don't get me wrong, all his releases have been hacky and uninspired, but it really undermines the work of labels that put stuff out through the proper channels.

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- Thu May 21, 2015 2:42 pm#66062
This kind of stuff has been going on forever though. There are tons of Japanese game soundtrack comps from the 80s, and I doubt any of them were licensed. Doesn't make it okay, granted. But there is demand and the market will respond. Hopefully the boots generate broader interest in the niche and facilitate more authorized releases going forward.

The Moonshake records do surprise me, it isn't so hard to find out who is putting them out, and he is basically throwing annoying little darts at an IP juggernaut that might decide to end him with a samurai attorney death move.